drost
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- (archaic) drossaard
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch drutsate (“steward”), from a Common Germanic compound of Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop”) and a derivative of Proto-Germanic *satjaną (“set”). Compare German Truchsess, Old Norse dróttseti.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
drost m (plural drosten, diminutive drostje n)
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Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From drost-, the stem of inflected personal forms of dros.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
drost (triggers soft mutation)
- (North Wales, colloquial) Alternative form of dros